Moody's Net Rises 43%;
Company Will Split Stock

NEW YORK -- Moody's Corp.'s fourth-quarter earnings jumped 43%, reflecting double-digit revenue growth in most business lines, and the company also announced a two-for-one stock split.

In a news release Wednesday, Moody's said it earned $122.6 million, or 80 cents a share, for the fourth quarter, including a charge of one cent a share related to legacy income-tax exposures. In the year-ago period, the company earned $85.5 million, or 56 cents a share, including a legacy income-tax charge of 10 cents a share. Analysts had...